Yoroa

Yoroa is a genus of South Pacific comb-footed spiders that was first described by L. Baert in 1984.^[2] As of June 2020^[update] it contains two species, found in Australia and Papua New Guinea: Y. clypeoglandularis and Y. taylori.^[1]

Yoroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Yoroa Baert, 1984[1]
Type species
Y. clypeoglandularis Baert, 1984
Species
Y. clypeoglandularis Baert, 1984 – New Guinea Y. taylori Harvey & Waldock, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)

The authors when describing a second species from northern Queensland – Yoroa taylori – also revised the descriptions of the genus and New Guinea species with specimens of the previously unknown females.^[3]

See also

• List of Theridiidae species